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02/24/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | February 23
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- Guidance on Implementing Additional Precautions for Unvaccinated Staff Under CMS Vaccine Mandate
- CDC: SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing in Long Term Care Facilities (updated)
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Discharge Destinations of Delirious Patients: Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study of 27,026 Patients From a Large Health Care System
- JAMDA: Strong decay of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibodies after two BNT162b2 vaccine doses and high antibody response to a third dose in nursing home residents
- Health Care Safety during the Pandemic and Beyond — Building a System That Ensures Resilience
- Hygienic monitoring in long-term care facilities using ATP, crAssphage, and human noroviruses to direct environmental surface cleaning
Research Reports/White Papers
- Scientists See Hope in New Therapy for COVID Brain Fog Patients
- Heading Home from a Skilled Nursing Facility: Interventions and Tools for Improving the Transition
- Bacteria in the nose may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY: FMDA's Journal Club | Cardiology Updates, 12:00 PM ET
- TOMORROW: HHS: Closing the COVID-19 Test to Treatment Gap, 2:30 PM ET
- Recording: Q&As About COVID-19 Therapeutics: Which to Use, When to Use, and with Whom?
- Handout from Q&As About COVID-19 Therapeutics: Which to Use, When to Use, and with Whom?
- CDC COCA: Updated Guidance for Clinicians on COVID-19 Vaccines
News/News Analysis
- BA.2 May Not Disrupt U.S. COVID Case Declines — Variant is now dominant in South Africa, but cases are still falling there
- Inside the Tactical Tug of War Over the Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug
- OIG Study Announced: Nursing Home Capabilities and Collaboration to Ensure Resident Care During Emergencies
- Novel Drug Shows Promise for Respiratory Syncytial Virus — Challenge trial involving healthy adults showed superiority to placebo at multiple doses
- Likely ‘years’ before nursing shortage is solved: expert
- FDA considering second COVID-19 booster in coming month